unfortunate
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The unfortunate reality is that mechanical failures are inevitable when U.S. trains collectively travel some 500 million miles a year.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
“And it’s only an unfortunate circumstance of this huge epidemic that we were able to get samples and look at chains of transmission and really understand what the virus is doing to people.”
From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026
Dr Shamez Ladhani, consultant epidemiologist at the UKHSA, told the BBC it was "really unfortunate" to have had three separate outbreaks in such a short space of time.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Maybe you were among the unfortunate 51,048 paying customers who came to watch the Dodgers even their series with the Giants without Ohtani’s help, and you’re sad about it.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Lord Fredrick was in the midst of vigorously scolding some unfortunate person; his voice was hoarse and froggy, and now and then he made an odd, sneezy, barky sort of sound.
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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